6/30/2020 3:56:42 PM Sundae raises $16.6m in Series A funding By Sarah Wolter San Francisco based residential real estate marketplace that pairs sellers of distressed property with potential buyers raised $16.6m in...
6/30/2020 3:47:44 PM Hi Marley raises $8m in Series A extension funding By Sarah Wolter Boston based AI messaging platform for insurance raised $8m in Series A extension funding led by True Ventures and Underscore VC.
6/30/2020 1:38:28 PM Digital payments rules must be updated now By Sarah Wolter The scandal at Wirecard has not only exposed a multibillion-dollar fraud in the accounts and profound failures of oversight. It has also...
6/26/2020 7:02:20 PM Karat raises $4.6m in Seed funding By Sarah Wolter San Francisco based online credit card for influencers and creators raised $4.6m in Seed funding from YC, CRV, Coatue, Twitch co-founder...
6/26/2020 6:59:15 PM Doorkee raises $5.7m seed to help landlords, tenants have better moving experience By Faisal Kawar New York two-sided tenancy platform raised $5.7m in Seed funding led by Simon Baron Development, Corigin Ventures, and Alpha Edison.
6/26/2020 6:30:42 PM Investing in Runway By Faisal Kawar San Francisco based financial and data analytics startup raised $4.5m in Seed funding led by a16z.
6/26/2020 6:27:49 PM Portfolio company Sigma Ratings participates in FinTech Innovation Lab’s Virtual Demo Day 2020 By Sarah Wolter New York based non-credit risk rating agency one of 10 companies selected for the demo day, showcasing emerging NYC fintech companies...
6/26/2020 3:20:54 PM Portfolio company APDS raises $5m in Series B funding By Sarah Wolter New York based public-benefit corporation focused on education for the incarcerated raised $5m in Series B funding led by New Markets...
6/26/2020 1:45:48 PM Mastercard to buy Finicity for open banking push By Faisal Kawar Mastercard is accelerating its open banking strategy through the $825m acquisition of real-time financial data aggregation service...
6/26/2020 1:35:06 PM Fintech Darling Afterpay: Buy Now, Regret at Leisure? By Gareth Jones Its shares have been on a tear recently, up 560% from their March lows, but more competition, apart from existing rivals such as Klarna...
6/26/2020 1:23:12 PM Automating payments for the corporate sales force leads to a $10m windfall for Spiff By Faisal Kawar Utah based payments software for sales commissions raised $10m in Series A funding led by Norwest Venture Partners.
6/26/2020 1:00:10 PM Visa unveils AI-based credit application fraud prevention tool By Carlos Alonso Torras Visa has built a digital tool that uses AI and proprietary data to help US financial institutions predict credit application fraud.
6/26/2020 12:54:38 PM Fed suspends stock buybacks, caps dividends for big banks By Carlos Alonso Torras Fed is requiring all 34 big banks that participated in the exercise to resubmit capital plans, seeking to ensure they have enough...
6/26/2020 12:43:03 PM Data, duration and detail: The new analytics for SME lending By Carlos Alonso Torras Portfolio company Ocrolus's David Snitkof outlines analytical principles for recovery, with data sources and metrics that are likely to...
6/26/2020 12:21:08 PM Amid Covid stress-test, investors keep betting on LatAm fintechs By Carlos Alonso Torras Brazilian SME lender BizCapital’s Series B is recent proof that fintech investment amid Covid is still possible – albeit tougher.
6/26/2020 12:15:19 PM Woke funds are having a moment as Millennials invest more By Carlos Alonso Torras For years, there have been mutual funds and ETFs focused on companies scoring well on various environmental, social and governance...